My alma mater, Virginia Tech, came in 3rd in a recent robotic car competition but came in first in spinning off a company that the Hokies own a portion of to commercialize the research. The contestants all used LIDAR, a device with 64 lasers spinning around on top of your car.

Soon we'll all be reading the newspaper while our car drives us to work.

Beware taxi driver - you're about to get fired!